Linger Longer Left

The company hired to help redevelop Jeykll Island’s beachfront has pulled out of the partnership.

Linger Longer Communities said Tuesday their decision was “due to the uncertainty of the economic environment and the difficulty that this uncertainty imposes on a workable development schedule.”

The Jekyll Island Authority, the state entity responsible for maintaining and operating the publicly owned island, said the decision was mutual.

Linger Longer is owned by the politically influential Reynolds family, developers of the upscale Reynolds Plantation about a 90 minute drive east of Atlanta. The company’s hiring by the Jekyll Island Authority in late 2008 was criticized by some as a sweetheart deal that will enrich the Reynolds family but won’t return as much profit to the state.

Eric Johnson and Jerry Keen. You are correct Ludwig, Senator Chapman was the only man placing himself in front of the Republican leadership firing squad over the Linger Longer deal. The Linger Longer deal otherwise known as The Screwing of the People of Georgia for the benefit of the Republican Elite!